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2 unusual facts about Larsens Plads


Larsens Plads

The buildings facing the waterfront have their address on the parallel street Toldbodgade.

The waterfront had been created by extensive land fills which led to the establishment of Ny Toldbodgade in 1719.


Jacob Holm

He also purchased several other sites in Copenhagen harbour, including Applebys Plads (1833), Danish Asia Company's site (1841) and Larsens Plads (1844).

New Copenhagen

It now comprises neighbourhoods and localities such as Frederiksstaden, the Nyboder neighbourhood, Nyhavn, Larsens Plads and Kongens Nytorv.


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